Thursday, July 30, 2009

why im dumb #largenumber

african literature (and by that i mean: very small number of african authors im reading here) tends to be much less verbose and complicated than american literature (and by that i mean: i know next to nothing about literature and am just asserting things based on small samples)

however, in reading "the river between" by ngui wa thiong'o, i was struck by how simple, almost childish the writing and themes were. not wanting to judge alternative cultural styles harshly, i pressed on.

until after 75 pages or so, i turned to the front cover.

it was an elementary school edition.

aye.

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